March 9, 2023

Third suspect charged in Jan. 30 shooting of Green Hills woman

BY MATT MASTERS

Strong winds, severe storms cause damage across Tennessee

BY MATT MASTERS

Powerful winds caused widespread damage across Tennessee on Friday, including causing multiple deaths in Middle Tennessee and left thousands without power for days.

According to the National Weather Service Nashville, peak winds on Friday, March 3, reached 64 mph at the Nashville International Airport, with Clarksville recording 79 mph winds.

The storm system killed at least 10 people across the Southeast, with three of those deaths reported in Tennessee, including a Sumner County teen who died when she was struck by a falling tree.

According to the Nashville Office of Emergency Management, they received approximately 2,368 911 calls and 2,897 non-

emergency number calls related to the storm. Nashville emergency crews responded to numerous calls for trees down, trees down on wires, wires down, poles down, building/structure collapse, gas leaks and fire related incidents.

According to Nashville Electric Service, approximately 6,500 people were still without power at noon on Monday after the storm caused approximately 115,000 outages across their service area.

NES also said that linemen from Florida, North Carolina and Georgia have responded to Tennessee to address the damage, which resulted in the replacement of 135 NES utility poles.

A third person has been charged in the Jan. 30 shooting of a woman in Green Hills. 23-year-old Jordan Jacquell Green was arrested by Metro Nashville Police Department detectives on March 1, following a Davidson County Grand Jury indictment on the charges of attempted first degree murder, employing a firearm during a dangerous felony, especially aggravated kidnapping and especially aggravated robbery.

Green, who has no prior criminal record on file in Davidson County, was booked in the Davidson County Jail on a $2 million bond.

MNPD said in a news release that they recovered a 9mm handgun that was found on Green when he was arrested at his home.

As previously reported, two other suspects have been arrested -- 19-year-old Michael A. Green, whose Dodge Avenger sedan was recorded near the scene of the shooting, was arrested on Feb. 4, while 22-year-old Desmond M. Tyler was arrested on Feb. 9.

The unidentified 26-year-old

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PHOTO BY MNPD Jordan Jacquell Green

A tree fell on Hillsboro Pike near Blair Boulevard damaging a vehicle on March 3, 2023.

A 16th Avenue North home’s carport collapsed from the high winds, trapping a car underneath but causing no injuries.

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U.S. Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg celebrates $7 million grant for BNA

BY MATT MASTERS

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg traveled to Nashville International Airport on Friday to celebrate a $7 million grant to help improve the main airport access road.

The funding is part of nearly $1 billion in Airport Terminal Program grants announced by the Department of Transportation, which saw Buttigieg also visit Memphis International Airport, which received $14.8 million, and Charles W. Baker Airport in Millington, which received $1 million, as part of $22 million in grants for airport projects in the state.

Nashville International Airport is also rebuilding one of their taxiways through an additional $8.6 million from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

Buttigieg was joined at BNA by Nashville Mayor John Cooper, Nashville Airport Authority President and CEO Doug Kreulen, as well as numerous other Nashville council members, Tenn. State Senators and Representatives, including a few mayoral hopefuls for a tour of airport facilities.

Notably, no representatives from the governor’s office and no federal-level Tenn.

representatives were present.

“As we continue to go forward, every little bit helps when you’re running big programs like that, so we’re appreciative of the $7 million that we’re receiving this year and the $8 million-plus we received last year,” Kreulen said.

In January, BNA opened their new Grand Lobby, a part of the $1.5 billion BNA Vision project which will be complete later this year.

Last year, BNA began work on the $1.4 billion New Horizons expansion that will include updates to two concourses, an air freight building, terminal roadway improvements and baggage handling system upgrades, which is scheduled to be complete in late 2028.

“This airport is central to the success of the city,” Cooper said.

“We need the investment -- This is a billion for expansion. There’s interior design, artwork, pedestrian bridge, hotel, terminals, concourse, baggage handling improvements -- all of that is going to create a front door for Nashville that I think is going to be unexcelled in the country.”

Buttigieg praised the private-public

partnership between the BNA and the government, both local and federal.

“There is a direct connection between that action, that legislation that President Biden signed, and where we are now with this infrastructure package improving our airports, fixing tens of thousands of miles of roads, repairing thousands of bridges, bringing affordable public transit to millions of Americans.”

Buttigieg and the U.S. Department of Transportation recently came under fire following nationwide airline travel issues centered around Southwest Airlines during the 2022 Christmas holiday, which saw massive delays and cancellations, including at BNA.

Buttigieg said during his Nashville visit that they are continuing to work on addressing airline issues, including an announcement to ban “junk fees” related to families who are flying with children.

This is the second high-profile visit from a Biden administration official to

Middle Tennessee in one month, following U.S. Sec. of the Treasury Janet Yellen’s visit to a Spring Hill electric vehicle battery plant in February.

Buttigieg and the Biden administration as a whole are facing mounting scrutiny following a toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, which has caused an environmental disaster whose impacts are not yet fully understood by either the government nor the public.

“What I made clear then, and what I’m working to make sure we make good off for as long as I’m here, is that they will not be left alone,” Buttigieg told reporters during a BNA press conference. “We’ve had folks on the ground from day one from this administration, EPA in particular is working to hold Norfolk Southern accountable for the cleanup, our departments supporting the independent safety investigation, and I also believe this is a moment when the whole country needs to look at rail safety.”

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U.S. Sec. of Transportation Pete Buttigieg speaks at Nashville International Airport on March, 3, 2023.

U.S. Sec. of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Nashville Airport Authority President and CEO Doug Kreulen speak at BNA on March, 3, 2023, overlooking the airport’s main access road which will be rennovated following a $7 million federal grant.

U.S. Sec. of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, Nashville Mayor John Cooper, Nashville Airport Authority President and CEO Doug Kreulen, as well as numerous other Nashville council members, Tenn. State Senators and Representatives tour newlyconstructed areas of BNA on March, 3, 2023.

License plate readers made live across Davidson County

BY ELI MOTYCKA

Automated license plate readers are up across Davidson County, while discussion continues about approved uses, data sharing and privacy concerns. The Scene visited six intersections where multiple LPRs are currently in use, none of which were accompanied by signage — despite the fact that Metro law requires “clearly visible and legible” signage where cameras are in use.

Automated cameras, often mounted at busy intersections or on police cars, scan license plates in real time and cross-reference plates with “hot lists” — databases that allow law enforcement to request and share data between agencies. Many embrace the technology as a key expansion of police surveillance capabilities. A citywide network of cameras amasses vast amounts of location and identity information that, agencies argue, is critical for building a database that can help solve more crime. The technology has already been implemented across the state by police from Belle Meade to Goodlettsville, Mt. Juliet and Memphis.

Critics are concerned by the sheer quantity of information that LPRs collect on a daily basis and how that data is stored, bought, sold or shared. They note that the technology is prone to mistakes, fails to

reduce crime, violates expectations of privacy and expands police power with insufficient safeguards. Some fear that mistaken “hot list” hits, which occur when a camera misreads a plate or hits on a plate that is improperly categorized, could lead to arbitrary and excessive police interactions. Scrutiny and litigation around privacy, data use, data sharing and government regulation have followed LPRs across the country, largely driven by the ACLU. Critics and advocates use the same phrase to describe a city dotted with LPRs: “It’s like having a police officer on every corner.”

Last year, the Metro Council approved a six-month pilot program for LPR use in Nashville over strong objections from legislators, community members, Metro’s Community Oversight Board and a long list of nonprofit organizations. Some councilmembers worried that such powerful technology could be used to track individuals seeking abortions or immigrants lacking permanent legal status. (The federal government does in fact use LPR data to target immigrants for deportation.)

Councilmembers attempted to bulk up LPR accountability with carefully worded paragraphs and amendments addressing

concerns, but they left room for requests from state and federal agencies, which datashare through what are known as fusion centers. Tennessee’s fusion center, housed inside the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, is central to the state’s Amber Alert program and efforts to identify missing and exploited children, both named and approved uses for Nashville LPRs.

Thirty-nine LPRs are now up across the county, according to the Metro Nashville Police Department. Twenty-four are fixed on major intersections, mostly concentrated in and around downtown. Five are on mobile trailers, and 10 are attached to MNPD vehicles. Cameras started going up in late January and will continue through a fivemonth “field evaluation trial” in which three private companies are vying for a potential contract with the city. Over the weekend, an LPR hit led to the arrest of a 16-yearold in White’s Creek. He was charged with car theft in juvenile court, according to an MNPD press release. During the five-month evaluation period, these companies retain ownership of “hardware, software and equipment,” a broad allowance leaving a gray area around data ownership. A month into the pilot, councilmembers are still figuring

out how they will judge its success.

District 15 Councilmember Jeff Syracuse heads the council’s Public Health and Safety Committee, set to receive regular reports from MNPD about its use of license plate readers.

“I’ve been having conversations with the [police department] about the program, metrics, how we’ll be able to judge it and, when it comes back to us, how to determine if this is a success or not,” Syracuse tells the Scene. “I want to be able to alleviate concerns that data isn’t being permanently stored and not doing anything but looking at a license plate. My goal is to better understand metrics so I can do better decision-making when this comes back to us.”

Syracuse says that, on a recent Zoom call, MNPD promised a public dashboard that will share some information about its use of LPRs. By law, police must share detailed information about traffic stops that result from LPR hits. However, information for 2023 traffic stops is not required until March 1, 2024, more than six months after the Metro Council reviews the current pilot program.

Because the six-month pilot

Fearing Trump’s backlash and losing viewers, Fox News promoted a false narrative that the 2020 election was stolen

BY BILL FREEMAN

In a surprising turn, Fox News mogul Rupert Murdoch admitted that some of the network’s hosts deliberately promoted the false narrative that the 2020 election was stolen from President Trump. Murdoch further admitted he could’ve stopped it but didn’t, according to a recent New York Times story. Murdoch’s comments came amid Dominion Voting Systems’ $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News.

Of Fox hosts Lou Dobbs, Sean Hannity, Jeanine Pirro and Maria Bartiromo, Murdoch said under oath that “they endorsed” the false narrative. Murdoch said,

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however, it was not Fox the network but only its hosts who made the claims. But according to the Times, Dominion alleges: “The people running the country’s most popular news network knew Mr. Trump’s claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election were false but broadcast them anyway in a reckless pursuit of ratings and profit.” According to the Times: “Fox guests and hosts claimed, for instance, that Dominion’s voting machines had been designed to rig elections … and were equipped with an algorithm that could erase votes from one candidate and give them to another.”

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Reports the Times: “Dominion’s goal, aside from convincing a jury that Fox knowingly spread lies, is to build a case that points straight to the top of the Fox media empire and its founding family, the Murdochs. ‘Fox knew,’ the Dominion filing declares. ‘From the top down, Fox knew.’” Apparently, Dominion has a strong case — as Murdoch’s statements now show. The article continues to detail Fox endorsing the false narrative. “Fox News stunned the Trump campaign on election night by becoming the first news outlet to declare Joseph R. Biden Jr. the winner of Arizona — effectively projecting that he would become the next president. Then, as Fox’s ratings fell sharply after the election and the president refused to concede, many of the network’s most popular hosts and shows began promoting outlandish claims of a far-reaching voter fraud conspiracy involving Dominion machines to deny Mr. Trump a second term.” The article also reminds readers that “the law shields journalists from liability if they report on false statements, but not if they promote them.”

The former president, according to Forbes, called on Murdoch and “his group of MAGA Hating Globalist RINOS” — that is, Republicans in name only — to “get out of the News Business as soon as possible.” Trump still insists there are “MASSIVE amounts of proof” supporting his false election claims, despite those claims being thoroughly debunked and his advisers’ warnings that his allegations were untrue. His unsubstantiated whining is getting old — so much so that members of his own party have had enough!

The Atlantic’s McKay Coppins recently wrote about how many Republicans secretly hate Trump: “Press them hard enough, and most Republican officials — even the ones with MAGA hats in their closets and Mara-Lago selfies in their Twitter avatar — will privately admit that Donald Trump has become a problem.” There is “desperation in the party,” Coppins told CNN.

Attempts to break free from Trump’s lies and influence seem to be increasing, as indicated by another recent New York Times headline: “Fox Leaders Wanted to Break From Trump but Struggled to Make It Happen: Executives and top hosts found themselves in a bind after Donald Trump began pushing unfounded claims about election fraud, court filings show.” The same article says, “‘Navigating’ the delicate balance between truth and ‘crazy’ was how Mr. Murdoch described his challenge in emails recently made public.”

Some might feel sorry for the Fox executives, fearing Trump and his minions’ backlash. But it’s hard to muster sympathy for Murdoch or Fox when they perpetrated a lie against the American people. They didn’t have to pursue or publicly endorse the lie, especially when evidence shows they didn’t believe it themselves. Murdoch himself even said he “seriously doubted any claim of massive election fraud” and thought “everything was on the up-and-up.” As Politico puts it: “The network agreed to air Trump’s claims because of their inherent newsworthiness … while suggesting their hosts would challenge or push back on the false claims. Dominion said that pushback was … drowned out by louder and larger embraces of Trump’s claims.”

Regardless of the reasons Fox hosts or Murdoch had for their actions, it appears they’ve finally noticed their terrible role in widening the gap in an already divided country. If we didn’t live in America — whose citizens are smarter than Fox gives us credit for — I’d fear we’d never recover. Perhaps after seeing Murdoch’s testimony, Americans will agree that Trump needs to move on — so we can do the same!

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Bill Freeman is the owner of FW Publishing, the publishing company that produces the Nashville Scene, Nfocus, the Nashville Post and The News.

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victim was shot multiple times while she walking on Esteswood Drive, and a $50,000 reward was later announced, but it’s unclear at this time if that reward offer led to information on the suspects.

According to court documents, the three men allegedly stole the woman’s cell phone during the robbery and shooting, which was partially recorded on a security camera.

Police said that Green is also the suspect in a Jan. 23 robbery of a woman on Burnett Road in Old Hickory where he allegedly stole the woman’s minivan.

At the time of his Feb. 4 arrest, Green was free on a $55,000 bond following his May 2022 arrest in connection with an armed robbery in Madison in which he allegedly robbed a man at gunpoint and bound the man’s arms and legs with duct tape before taking the man in a car trunk to a wooded area near Percy Priest Dam, where he was released.

No further information about the case has been released at this time.

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includes a competitive bidding process, Metro is legally protected from sharing its list of potential vendors or legal terms of engagement. All six intersections reviewed by the Scene featured Motorola cameras — Motorola being one of three potential vendors, according to MNPD. Alongside LPRs, MNPD has access to 382 private cameras from retail vendors like Amazon. Through a new program called Connect Nashville, residents voluntarily install a small fūsusCore device that directly shares residential feeds with police, who tout increased community safety and improved response times for users.

A few years ago, then-MNPD Officer

David Terrazas was caught querying police databases for information about his wife and his girlfriend, for which he received a four-day suspension. Concerns about abuse of power to surveil and access to privileged information are often dismissed by advocates as unfortunate behavior by a few bad apples. Broader worries focus on the practical policing effects of a new ocean of data. Meanwhile, cameras across the city are already mounted without any signage stating that LPRs are actively scanning and storing driver data. MNPD says the Nashville Department of Transportation is in the process of putting up signs.

This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Scene.

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Legislative leaders aim to expand charter school capabilities

BY KELSEY BEYELER

through 12th-graders across the state.

The homeschooling aspect of the bill enables charters aiming to serve this population of students the ability to apply directly to the Tennessee Public Charter School Commission. It requires that their homeschool students receive at least three days of instruction from charter schools, though two of those instructional days could be attended virtually. Students and their parents could partner with charter schools regardless of where they live or their local education authority’s out-ofdistrict enrollment policy. Additionally, the amendment requires that if these homeschool-related charter schools fill up, they “shall not conduct an enrollment lottery, but shall maintain a waitlist to notify parents and students if space is available.”

An amendment to a caption bill introduces legislation that would allow significant statewide charter school growth. The bill is sponsored by state GOP leaders House Speaker Cameron Sexton (R-Crossville), Lt. Gov. Randy McNally (R-Oak Ridge), Senate Education

Committee Chair Jon Lundberg (R-Bristol) and House Education Administration and Planning Committee Chair Mark White (R-Memphis). The bill as amended would allow charter schools to work with homeschool students and provide residential or boarding programs for “at-risk” sixth-

Similarly, the section of the amendment that considers residential boarding programs could serve at-risk sixth- through 12th-grade students throughout the state despite their LEAs’ out-of-district enrollment policies. These charter schools can apply to local districts or to the charter commission. The amendment’s definition of “at-risk” includes

those who are defined as economically disadvantaged, are eligible for free or reduced-priced lunches, migrant, foster, runaway or homeless students, those who are are “at risk of state custody due to family dysfunction” and those who are “at risk of educational disadvantage due to circumstances of abuse, neglect, or disability.” Though the legislation doesn’t mention the Tennessee Department of Children’s Services, which is currently struggling with overcapacity, the proposed definition of “at-risk” would include some of the students who are currently under the department’s care.

Following the passing of the new Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement funding formula, which attaches education funding to students, these measures would effectively pull education funding from local school districts. Andy Spears first noted the amendment in his Substack, The Education Report. This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Scene.

Uncertainty remains as Nashville General preps new facility

BY HANNAH HERNER

Nashville General Hospital CEO Dr. Joseph Webb would have liked to have gotten started on a new facility by now.

The city’s safety net hospital is racing against a clock that ends in 2027, when its lease with Meharry Medical College is set to expire. Meharry would like to see the hospital stay put, but Nashville General has released renderings of a proposed new campus and Webb has said multiple times that he prefers a city-owned property in MetroCenter currently occupied by soccer fields.

On Tuesday, Nashville General held its yearly town hall following its quarterly Hospital Authority Board meeting. Around 25 people were in attendance, including seven speakers and a moderator.

What’s standing in the way of getting started?

“A commitment for appropriate space allocation to the initiative,” Webb told the Post.

The hospital needs the city to commit to donating the land on which the hospital will sit. Webb confirmed again to the Post that Nashville General’s first choice is 720 Mainstream Drive in MetroCenter, though other possibilities have been considered and no final decision has been made. He said conversations with the city are in the “preliminary” phase.

Jackie Jones, superintendent of community affairs for the Metro Parks and Recreation Department, said Nashville General has not yet requested to use the land

at 720 Mainstream Drive.

“I can confirm that they have been informed that the property is highly utilized by the community and that the mission of the Parks Department is to provide as many recreational outlets in underserved communities as possible, particularly in a city where greenspace is rapidly diminishing,” she told the Post. “If they are still interested, their request would have to be submitted, vetted and approved by the Parks Board.”

Added TJ Ducklo, spokesperson for Mayor John Cooper: “There have been no discussions to date. Mayor Cooper has invited Hospital Authority Chair [Richard] Manson and other officials to share details of their proposal, and we expect that to happen in the coming weeks.”

The MetroCenter site is favored because it is centrally located and has access to a bus line, Webb said. At the town hall meeting, Webb announced that the organization’s Bordeaux outpost will open in June.

“The fact that we do have issues that are political in nature to deal with always adds an extra layer of time, because of the number of stakeholders that have to be brought to the table,” Webb told the Post. “It’s not a two-party process; you’ve got to have multiple parties involved. People have different agendas; stakeholders have different agendas. We’re accustomed to that

level of complexity.”

Through two additional outpatient sites, Nashville Healthcare Center and the new Bordeaux center, Nashville General has diversified its funding streams in the past several years. The organization is looking for a private investor to get the new hospital off the ground. At the town hall, Webb said there are multiple parties interested in investing, though he did not provide specifics. So far, those conversations have been led by an owner’s representative, Webb told the Post.

“I don’t think people should look at this in a small-minded way,” Webb said. “There are individual firms that have more than enough resources to fully fund a project like this and to generate their return on that investment over a 30-year period.”

The new site could include housing to further diversify funding streams, Webb added.

“If it helps to alleviate some of the taxpayer burden, that should be viewed as a good thing,” Webb said of the potential for housing, for which he anticipates pushback. At the town hall, he said he could not promise that those units would be affordable units.

At the Tuesday board meeting, one board member said the board had not approved a new hospital. Dr. Raymond Martin said that a recent Tennessean story about the process was inaccurate because it noted that

the board “decided last year to build a new hospital” while Martin said the board had not. Webb pointed to a feasibility study approved in May 2022 in response.

“I’m not sure where [Martin’s comment] was coming from,” Webb said in an interview with the Post.

As this process continues, the Hospital Authority Board recently opted to meet quarterly instead of monthly, and the body had to reschedule its most recent meeting twice after failing to establish a quorum at earlier dates.

Webb bristled at the idea of calling Nashville General a “cash-strapped” organization. To say the new hospital location will still rely on a city subsidy is accurate, but the goal is not to eliminate the subsidy. Support for indigent care is prescribed in the city’s charter. Webb told the Post the hospital’s finances depend in part on whether the city pays the full subsidy amount requested for indigent care.

“When the city decides that they don’t want to pay the full amount of the cost that’s being presented [for indigent care], then it just means that the hospital has a deficit,” Webb said. “The hospital has to figure out how it’s going to put together a budget to reflect that the city declined to pay the full amount for the indigent care.”

This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Post.

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TICKED OFF!

STUDENT LOAN DEBT

The article in the Monday, March 6th USA Today edition of the Tennessean ‘Pressure Grows for Plan B on Student Debt’. The end of the article as listed THE BIG PICTURE, As a Supreme Court decision draws near millions of student loan borrowers are going to start asking, ‘Whats Next?’ if Biden loses the fight. I have a suggestion boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen. Pay the debt you incurred, and at the time knew you would be obligated to repay. There is no free lunch.

Without a plan B at least 16 million Americans who banked on their debts getting erased might see their hopes dashed. Awwww, I feel bad for you but nobody paid the debts I made and it is time for you to see the real world. I do hope for your sake that this is the last disappointment you have in your lifetime.

HILTON GREEN HILLS

As we all know, due to the wind storms on March 3, many of us were without electricity. On March 4, after 36+ hours of no electricity, my husband, a Hilton Honors member, decided we needed to go to a hotel. At about 4:50 pm, he entered the Hilton Hotel at 3801 Cleghorn in Green Hills and booked a room. At 4:54 pm, I called him to state that our electricity was back on. In less than five minutes of booking the room, he went back into the Hilton and tried to cancel our reservation. He was told, “you can cancel it, but you’ll still have to pay for it.” Thanks Hilton and the Hilton Honors Program for your total lack of compassion. Needless to say, you can keep your Honors Program and everything else!!!!

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Single-vehicle crash kills woman Monday evening

STAFF REPORTS

A single-vehicle crash killed a woman on Poplar Creek Road on Monday.

According to a Metro Nashville Police Department news release, 33-year-old Echo D. Cummins was driving westbound on Poplar Creek Road on Monday evening when her Nissan Maxima went off the right side of the road at a curve, causing her to overcorrect and leave the left side of the road

where the car struck a utility pole, critically injuring her.

The crash occurred east of Rolling River Parkway, and police said that Cummins was not wearing a seatbelt, and witnesses reported that the car was “driving erratically” prior to the crash.

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The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency has issued a preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and where applicable, Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report, reflecting proposed flood hazard determinations within Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee and Incorporated Areas. These flood hazard determinations may include the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations, base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway. Technical information or comments are solicited on the proposed flood hazard determinations shown on the preliminary FIRM and/or FIS report for Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee and Incorporated Areas. These flood hazard determinations are the basis for the floodplain management measures that your community is required to either adopt or show evidence of being already in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program. However, before these determinations are effective for floodplain management purposes, you will be provided an opportunity to appeal the proposed information. For information on the statutory 90-day period provided for appeals, as well as a complete listing of the communities affected and the locations where copies of the FIRM are available for review, please visit FEMA’s website at https://www.floodmaps.fema.gov/fhm/BFE_Status/bfe_main.asp or call the FEMA Mapping and Insurance eXchange (FMIX) toll free at 1-877-FEMA MAP (1-877-336-2627).

BA, Goodpasture boys win state titles, Ensworth girls fall just short

Brentwood Academy collects ninth ‘gold ball’ in program history with DII-AA championship win

BY LOGAN BUTTS

This time last year, Brentwood Academy let the dream of an undefeated season slip through their fingers. A 30-0 season ended with a loss to Knoxville Catholic in the Division II-AA semifinals.

Now, just over a year later, back at the Eblen Center in Cookeville, the Eagles (30-3) are champions thanks to a 63-52 win over Briarcrest (33-3) during Saturday’s heavyweight championship bout between the state’s top two teams in DII-AA.

“We beat a really good team tonight,” Brentwood Academy head coach Blackston. “Hats off to coach Herrington and Briarcrest. They have three really, really good high school basketball players.

“The thing I love about my team - every challenge that comes their way, they just rise up. Tonight, the three-headed monster, as we call them, were all under their averages.

“It’s hard when you want it for your team so much. I wanted it so much for these guys because they’re doing it the right way. All of them. They’ve been together, they’ve been unselfish, they’ve been able to adjust and develop their basketball IQ.”

It is the ninth overall state title for the Brentwood Academy program, and the first since the Darius Garland-led Eagles won four straight from 2015-18. Garland spoke with the team after BA’s 61-38 win over MBA earlier in the postseason.

“He told us if we go into every game with a chip on our shoulder, we’re going to win because it’s going to put confidence in every one of our guys,” BA junior Tyler Tanner said.

“I think you could tell. After that talk, we played with more of a chip on our shoulder.

“I look up to Darius,” Tanner added. “There’s a lot of comparisons they make, but we’re two different people and players. I use that a lot. I’m in his shoes right now. I’m not saying I’m anywhere close to as good as him right now, but he was once playing where I’m playing, obviously playing the point guard spot, wanting to score, wanting to dish to his teammates.

“That really showed me we can do it. I believed in us the whole season, but after him telling us that, you could tell.”

Tanner, a Mr. Basketball finalist, did a little bit of everything for BA en route to being named tournament MVP. The junior guard collected a game-high 20 points, three rebounds, three assists, and five steals.

“He just loves the big stage. And he loves a small stage. And he loves a medium stage,” Blackson said about Tanner. “He loves to play basketball. We take him out sometimes, and he wants to go right back in. He never gets tired.

“I don’t know how that works. I don’t know if he has the Midicholorians in his blood, too, like the Jedis. I don’t know what’s going on,” Blackston added with a laugh.

Senior Jayson Nixon hit a big, momentum-shifting shot seemingly whenever the Eagles needed it. He scored 19 points, going 5-8 from behind the arc to join Tanner on the All-Tournament team.

“Not only does he come through big with the 19 points and make 5-8 from three, but

he guards the other team’s biggest threat in our mind, which was Cooper Haynes. Haynes was 2-9 and gets nine of his points from the free throw line...We knew Jayson could lock this guy down.”

Sophomore George MacIntyre, the No. 2-ranked quarterback in the country in the class of 2025, finished with a double-double of 10 points and 10 rebounds to go along with two blocks and two steals. He and senior Lincoln Aholt also made the AllTournament team.

During Friday’s semifinals, Briarcrest dominated MBA 57-23. The Big Red were led by Texas A&M football signee Marcel Reed, who notched 13 points and three rebounds.

Brentwood Academy defeated Knoxville Webb 62-57. Tanner compiled a game-high 24 points, three rebounds, and five steals. Drey Moss notched 13 points, three steals, and two blocks, while MacIntyre added 11 points, eight rebounds, and four assists.

ENSWORTH FALLS SHORT IN DII-AA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME DESPITE 41 FROM CAMBRIDGE

The top-ranked Ensworth girls basketball program fell just short in their quest to win back-to-back (and four out of the last five) Division II-AA state championships on Saturday, losing to Knoxville Catholic 6459 in the title game at the Eblen Center in Cookeville.

Ensworth’s (27-5) Jaloni Cambridge, the nation’s top-ranked player in the junior class, scored a game-high 41 points and corralled

a game-best 13 rebounds. But it wasn’t enough as the Tigers ran into foul trouble and cold shooting.

Cambridge started out the afternoon hot, scoring or assisting on Ensworth’s first 12 points. The two-time (and expected threetime) reigning Miss Basketball winner scored four straight points in less than 20 seconds with just over two minutes left to cut the Knoxville Catholic lead to 57-56, but it was as close as the Tigers would get.

Cambridge finished the game 15-41 from the field and 9-13 from the free throw line, but she made just two of her 13 3-point attempts. She also notched two steals as the point of attack on defense for the Tigers.

Knoxville Catholic (20-13) was paced by tournament MVP Sydney Mains, also a Miss Basketball finalist, who scored 33 points on 8-16 shooting and a 12-15 mark from the free throw line. Mains also grabbed six rebounds in leading the Fighting Irish to their first-ever state title.

Freshmen Nori Jamison and Alana Wells joined Cambridge on the All-Tournament team. In the semifinals, Ensworth defeated Briarcrest 73-58 behind a game-high 29 points, seven rebounds, and four assists from Cambridge and 23 points from Jamison. Harpeth Hall (25-5) fell to Knoxville Catholic 56-46 in the semifinals. Taylor McCall led the Bears with 16 points and five rebounds, while Ava Krumwiede added 10 points, nine rebounds, and three assists.

Vandy signee West leads Goodpasture to second DII-A state title in three years

BY LOGAN BUTTS

For the second time in the last three seasons, Goodpasture boys basketball has won a state championship.

After falling to First Assembly Christian School in last season’s Division II-A state title game, the Cougars (32-2) were on a mission to win another Golden Ball this season. On Saturday at the Eblen Center in Cookeville, Goodpasture completed their mission with a 59-48 win over Notre Dame (23-10).

“I texted the guys last night - a lot of people don’t get the opportunity to play in the state tournament, much less three final games in a row,” said Goodpasture head coach and former Belmont star Adam Sonn. “So that’s the biggest testament to the players and their abilities. They’re willing to buy in and be a part of something bigger than themselves, things that successful teams or organizations have.”

A major difference this time around was the presence of Isaiah West, who missed last season’s championship game with a torn ACL. The Vanderbilt signee closed out his high school career in style, winning tournament MVP after compiling 16 points, eight rebounds, two assists, and a game-high four steals in the title game.

“It feels great,” West said. “They were a really good team, so we just knew we had to bring our A game, play as hard as possible, and not play as individuals, but for each other.”

After a slow start, the Mr. Basketball finalist slammed home an alley oop and dished out a one-handed assist on back-to-back plays midway through the second quarter, giving the Cougars the boost they needed.

Later that quarter, West grabbed a rebound and took the ball coast-to-coast,

hitting a buzzer-beating layup to tie the game at 27-27 going into halftime.

With 6:51 left to play, the combo guard gave Goodpasture the lead for good when he corralled a rebound and drove down the court for an and-one basket.

Sophomore Jayden Jones and senior Jack Carter dominated the paint for the Cougars. Jones scored a game-high 19 points and added nine rebounds, while Carter grabbed a game-best 11 rebounds and notched 14 points.

West, Jones, and Carter were each named to the All-Tournament team.

Notre Dame was paced by 13 points each from Gaas Herman and DJ Brown.

To reach the title game, Goodpasture had to survive a wild semifinal with Clarksville Academy. The Cougars won 48-47 on a free throw from West with just one second

remaining. West finished with 17 points, five rebounds, and two steals in a battle with fellow Mr. Basketball finalist and Morehead State signee Eddie Ricks III. Ricks led Clarksville Academy with 24 points, 10 rebounds, and two blocks.

In the girls DII-A championship game, nationally-ranked The Webb School (32-4) dominated MTCS (27-11) 73-43 for their third consecutive state title. It was also the second straight title game matchup between the two schools.

LSU signee Aalyah Del Rosario led Webb with 21 points and 13 rebounds, while Miss Basketball finalist Jaylin Banks had 13 points, six rebounds, and two steals for MTCS.

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Nashville Predators conduct slew of trades prior to deadline

BY MICHAEL GALLAGHER

David Poile may be on his way out the door as general manager of the Nashville Predators, but he sure is doing his best to set up his replacement for success.

The Predators announced on Sunday that they had traded forward Tanner Jeannot to the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for defenseman Cal Foote, third-, fourth- and fifth-round picks in 2023, a second-round pick in 2024, and a first-round pick in 2025.

The move comes just 24 hours after the Predators traded forward Nino Niederreiter to the Winnipeg Jets for a 2024 secondround pick.

A fan favorite, Jeannot was protected by the Predators ahead of the 2021-22 Seattle expansion draft over Calle Jarnkrok. He went on to finish seventh in the Calder Trophy voting that season after leading all rookies with 24 goals and finishing with 41 points.

Jeannot signed with Nashville as an undrafted free agent in 2018. He spent two years with the Milwaukee Admirals before earning a call up at the end of the 2020-21 season. Although he had a strong rookie year,

Jeannot has struggled to find any consistency this year, tallying just five goals and 14 points in 56 games.

Foote, the 14th overall pick in the 2017 draft by the Lightning, has one goal and three points in 26 games this season, and four goals and 15 points in 117 NHL games with a plus-18 rating. Adding the 24-yearold blueliner likely increases the chances Nashville moves Dante Fabbro before Friday’s trade deadline.

The first-round pick the Predators got from Tampa in 2025 is top-10 protected, meaning should that pick fall in the top 10 the Lightning would keep it and the Predators would get their first rounder in the following draft.

In a separate move on Sunday, the Predators also acquired forward Isaac Ratcliffe from the Philadelphia Flyers for future considerations. The 24-year-old 6-foot-6 forward has one goal and four points in 10 NHL games, all coming last season. He’s a former second-round pick of the Flyers.

The Predators continued to prove they were in rebuild mode before on Tuesday afternoon before the trade deadline when the team traded star defenseman Mattias Ekholm to the Edmonton Oilers.

The 32-year-old Ekholm is the third Predators player traded since Saturday, joining Nino Niederreiter, who was sent to the Winnipeg Jets, and Tanner Jeannot, who was shipped to the Tampa Bay Lightning.

In exchange for Ekholm and a 2024 sixth-round pick, the Oilers sent Nashville defenseman Tyson Barrie, forward prospect Reid Schaefer, a 2023 first-round pick and a 2024 fourth-round pick.

Barrie, 31, is a right-handed offensive defenseman who scored 40 or more points in seven of the last nine seasons. He has 10 goals and 43 points through 61 games this year.

Schaefer, 19, was Edmonton’s first-round pick in 2022. He has scored 23 goals and 47 points with the Seattle Thunderbird in the WHL, and he was ranked as Edmonton’s No. 4 prospect by The Athletic.

Nashville now has 12 picks in the 2023

draft including two in the first round, three in the third round, three in the fourth round and two in the fifth round. The team also has three picks in the second round and two in the fourth round of the 2024 draft and two picks in the first round of the 2025 draft.

The Predators’ fire sale continued on Wednesday evening when forward Mikael Granlund was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for a 2023 secondround pick.

Nashville now has 13 selections in the 2023 draft — which will be hosted at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville — including two picks in the first, second and fifth rounds, three picks in the third and fourth rounds, and one pick in the sixth round.

This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Post.

Barry Trotz in, David Poile out as Predators GM

BY MICHAEL GALLAGHER

David Poile is the only general manager the Nashville Predators have ever had. So, it’s only fitting that the person replacing him is the person Poile hired as the first-ever head coach in franchise history.

The Predators announced on Sunday that Poile is stepping down as GM and president of hockey operations effective July 1, and he will be replaced by former head coach and Nashville resident Barry Trotz.

Poile will remain as part of the organization, serving as an adviser to the Predators ownership group, its business operations leadership group and the hockey operations department.

“This is a decision that is best for me personally and best for the Nashville Predators,” Poile said. “For the Predators, I believe it is time for a new voice and a new direction. I am proud of the foundation we have put in place in our hockey operations, investing in and improving every area of the department. This is the right time for someone else to move our franchise forward.

“I am incredibly proud of everything the Predators organization has accomplished in my time here — all the wins, our appearance in the Stanley Cup Final and winning the Presidents’ Trophy, but I am most proud of helping develop Smashville into one of the best hockey markets in the National Hockey League. And, while I will always be fiercely proud of those accomplishments, I will

remain committed in my new role to help us achieve our ultimate goal of winning the Stanley Cup.”

Poile leaves with a resume and a legacy that’s second-to-none.

In his 25 seasons in Nashville, Poile built the Predators from the ground up, leading the team to 15 playoff appearances and the franchise’s first-ever Stanley Cup Final appearance in 2016-17.

Poile was named the NHL’s General Manager of the Year in 2017 after the Predators won their first-ever Presidents’ Trophy and the first of their back-to-back Central Division titles. He’s the only GM in NHL history with 1,000 or more games and 500 or more wins with two teams. He’s also the winningest GM in NHL history (1,519) — 125 more wins than Lou Lamoriello, who’s in second place.

Trotz, who compiled a 557-479-60-100 record with seven playoff appearances in 15 seasons as Predators head coach, will take over for Poile following the 2023 draft and oversee Nashville’s hockey operations department, including the coaching and scouting staffs, player procurement and development, as well as minor league affiliations and operations.

Although he has no prior GM experience, Trotz has served in an advisory role to Poile this season. The latter will remain with the franchise through the draft, which takes

place June 28-29 at Bridgestone Arena.

“My heart has been in Nashville since that first season in 1998-99,” Trotz said. “I believe our team and our fanbase has developed a relationship that is very unique in sports today, and I am excited to be returning home to the organization and the city where I held my first head coaching job in the NHL. I can’t thank David enough, not only for turning over the job to me, but for teaching me so much over the past 40 years.

“I believe I am prepared to succeed as an NHL general manager, and I have David to thank for that. I will work hard as a member of David’s team for the next four months,

and when I become GM on July 1, I pledge to do everything I can in leading our franchise to its first-ever Stanley Cup.”

Added Poile: “As I prepare to move on from my day-to-day role with the Predators, I can’t think of a better choice to lead us in the future than Barry Trotz. We started working together 40 years ago, and I believe he has prepared himself to become one of the league’s great general managers. I don’t know if anyone in the game today is more respected than Barry, and we are thrilled he has elected to become our next GM.” This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Post.

Locals honored in several categories at Nashville Lawn and Garden Show

in a garden

• Nashville Area Garden Railroaders with Todd Breyer, Landscape Design –Environmental and Sustainability Award for garden showing sensitivity toward the environment

• Coleman Valley Alpaca Farm, Franklin – Creativity Award for creativity and innovation in garden design.

Winners in the Joe Smith Floral Design Gallery, professionally juried by members of the American Institute of Floral Designers, were:

• First Place – Carry Ann Misamore, Fresh Weddings by Carry Ann, Mt. Juliet

• Second Place –Dale Shirley, Rose Hill Flowers, Nashville

• Third Place –Kacy McBride, Barefoot

Flowers, Nashville

Five vendors were recognized for outstanding displays, as follows:

In the Best Hard Goods Display category,

• Booth 015, Walnut Hill Woodworks, Ashland City

In the Best Green Goods Display category,

• Booth 205, Riverbend Nurseries, Franklin

• Booth 149, Fast’s Greenery, Arrington

The Nashville Lawn and Garden Show took place at The Fairgrounds Nashville Expo Center over the weekend, with awards being given to local businesses and gardners in 12 different categories.

The Cumberland Herb Association was presented with the Best in Show Award. Other honors were handed out for garden design, floral design, and vendor spaces, including:

GARDEN AWARD WINNERS:

• Davidson County Master Gardeners, Nashville – Show Theme Award for the garden which most clearly displays this year’s theme of “Sounds of Spring”

• Williamson County Garden Club –Best Use of Color Award for best use of color in a garden

• Milkweed & Honey Farm, Clarksville, TN – Excellence in Horticulture Award for

best use of plant materials

• Nashville Bonsai Society – Best Use of Water Award for the best use of water in a garden

• Orchid Society of Middle TennesseePlant Awareness and Education Award for best use of clear and accurate labeling

• WoodLand Lawn & Landscaping, Springfield – Architecture and Hardscape Award for best use of construction elements

The Nashville Lawn and Garden Show provides free daily lectures and presentations from experts, with this year’s theme focusing on the Sounds of Spring. The annual fourday event benefits the Nashville Lawn and Garden Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization benefiting community horticultural programs in Middle Tennessee and beyond.

Lipscomb continues campus-area property buying spree

BY WILLIAM WILLIAMS

Lipscomb University and RER Partnership have finalized their latest real estate transaction — this one for approximately $3.26 million and coming about three months after the previous deal.

According to a Davidson County Register of Deeds document, Lipscomb now owns property with a small home and an address of 1602 Glen Echo Road. RER paid $2.4 million for the property and three adjacent properties (1606, 1610 and 1614 Glen Echo Road) in December 2015, Metro records show.

It is unclear if the deal involves the other three properties (each offering a home), as Lipscomb officials declined to comment.

The purchase follows a late-January acquisition involving Lipscomb and David Solomon, the university’s board of trustees

chairman. That roughly $514,000 sale was for a property located at 3710 Ferndale Ave. and with a small home. Solomon paid $450,000 in late 2019 for the property, buying from Lipscomb, Metro records show.

Lipscomb officials declined to comment regarding that series of transactions.

The two 2023 deals come after a busy 2022 for Lipscomb and its real estate efforts. In December 2022, the university acquired for about $949,000 a single-family home located at 1103 Morrow Ave., with RER the seller. RER paid $700,000 for the property in December 2015, Metro records show.

Lipscomb already owned properties located at 1110B, 1133 and 1135 Morrow Ave. and, adjacently, five properties at 4000 to 4020 Granny White Pike (spanning Morrow on the north to Maplehurst Avenue

to the south).

In October 2022, Lipscomb spent a collective $1,387,775 for residential properties located at 3701 Ferndale Ave. and at 3712 Ferndale Ave. with RER the seller

The Ferndale transactions follow an early September 2022 deal — also involving RER — in which Lipscomb paid a collective approximately $1.95 million for three freestanding single-family home properties, one on Belmont Boulevard and two on Grandview Drive.

That deal came about 2.5 weeks after Lipscomb paid RER about $1.9 million for a large property located at 4101 Belmont Blvd., to the immediate west of its campus.

RER Partnership includes multiple members of Nashville’s long-standing Church family. Register of Deeds documents

note RER offers an address that is shared with Green Hills-based auto insurance company Church & Associates, led by Bruce Church. Steve Church is a member of the partnership, also.

Lipscomb has now paid a collective approximately $9.44 million for the various Green Hills properties it has acquired from RER, and it is unclear if the university and the partnership will undertake additional future deals.

The Post was unable to determine if brokers were involved in the latest transaction.

This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Post.

PHOTO CREDIT

Doug Moore, Coleman Valley Alpaca Farm with Josiah Lockard, Garden Chair, Nashville Lawn and Garden Show, presenting the award.

Five free and cheap family things to to in middle Tennessee

BY AMANDA HAGGARD

Cheekwood announces ‘Under the Stars’ concert series lineup

STAFF REPORTS

Cheekwood Estate & Gardens has announced the lineup for the 2023 Under the Stars concert series, which is set to take place over five nights in the late summer.

Music City Symphony.

What do puppets, birds, Dr. Seuss and the Irish all have in common? We’re not sure exactly outside of that your family can catch each and every one of these things this week in and around Nashville.

The Nashville Public Library has some modern spins on classic tales this week. Your budding birder can learn some basics at Owl Hill Nature Sanctuary. This is the weekend to wear your green and get the kids out for a family friendly St. Patrick’s party or two. And Dr. Seuss is on deck at Plaza Mariachi all throughout March for those celebrating the wordsmith this month.

As part of our series on free and cheap things to do with the family, here is our weekly roundup of places to spend time together over the next week:

AESOP’S FABLES NPL PUPPET SHOW

On March 10, the downtown Nashville Public Library is slated to present a new take on Aesop’s Fables performed by the Nashville Public Library Puppet Truck. March 10’s performance is the first of several throughout March on Fridays and Saturdays. The show is recommended for children aged 3-10 and includes many different types of puppets.

NATURALIST WORKSHOP: BEGINNING BIRDING

At the Owl Hill Nature Sanctuary March workshop, they’ll host a Beginning Birding class on March 11. This one is for older family members (above 14), and comes with a small cost of $15. The class will introduce the concepts of spring migration, bird watching and bird identification as well as how to use binoculars and accurately share on online birding apps.

COUNTY SUMNER IRISH FESTIVAL

The County Sumner Irish Festival in Castalian Springs is a celebration of all things Irish. The event is held at Bledsoe’s Fort Historical Park where there is an authentic Irish cottage built by Hugh Rogan in the late 1790s in addition to a historic trail that runs alongside a settler cemetery and remnants of a 19th-century spring house. The event will feature live music, dancing, guided hikes, storytelling, craft beer, house tours, kids activities and more. Bring your pets and dress in your best Irish gear for the costume contest.

CELTIC RHYTHMS ON FIRE PRESENTED BY NASHVILLE IRISH STEP DANCERS

Celtic Rhythms on Fire in Williamson County on March 11 and 12 is “a celebration of the rich and vibrant artistry of Irish dance and music,” according to the event’s details. This show does come at a higher cost than this column normally features ($20 per person), and it includes a collaboration between dancers, musicians and singers. The performance will feature the Nashville Irish Step Dancers, who have won numerous Championship awards at the Southern Regional Irish Dance Championship, North American Irish Dance Championship, All-Ireland’s Championship and placed at the World Championship in Dublin, Ireland.

DR. SEUSS SATURDAYS

At Plaza Mariachi’s Saturday events for children, they’ll be celebrating all things Dr. Seuss throughout March. Bring the kids out for a Dr. Seuss storytime every Saturday in March at noon.

On Friday, July 21, the series is kicking off with Jazz Under the Stars, headlined by the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio and featuring an opening from the 18-piece Nashville Jazz Orchestra.

On August 25-27, Songwriters Under the Stars will feature a trio of local hitmakers in Jon Nite, Josh Osborne and Chris DeStefano. They will be accompanied by the

Finally, on Sept. 8, the series will close with Bluegrass Under the Stars, which will be headlined by Grammy-award winner Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, with an opening performance from AJ Lee & Blue Summit. Each night will also feature local food trucks and drink options, including wines by the bottle, craft cocktails, and more.

All five shows are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. and tickets can be purchased here at $65 and $55 for members.

PHOTO COURTESY OF CHEEKWOOD ESTATE & GARDENS

Headline Homes: January 2023

BY AMANDA HAGGARD

a two-acre lot with mature trees just ready for a pool to go in; natural light and double porches. The $5.1 million in me honors and sees the $5.1 million in you. Namaste.

5. 7301 Harlow Drive, College Grove 37046

Buyer: SB Hot Springs LLC

Sale price: $4.4 million

Seller: Linck & Lisa Bascomb Living Trust

Seller’s agent: Erin Johnston, Realty One Group Music City

Buyer’s agent: Willis Stelly, III, Discovery Tennessee Realty, LLC

Bruce purchased nearly 8,500 square feet in an open floor plan designed by David Baird. The backyard includes a covered deck with a fireplace, and that ever-so-sought-after “future pool.”

8. 1073 Vaughn Crest Drive, Franklin 37069

Buyers: Charles and Lauren Shreve

Sale price: $3.5 million

Seller: Florida Polmer Group LLC

Seller’s agents: Tess Thompson Singer and Brent Thompson, Tim Thompson Premier REALTORS

This month’s iteration of Headline Homes brings important questions and a list of homes with price tags north of $3 million. While we’re used to seeing most homes on the list sold in Davidson and Williamson Counties, six of the 10 top home sales this month were in Nashville. In January, trusts dominated the name fields in purchases, but we see homes previously occupied by the likes of philanthropist Ben Rechter, Dr. Thomas Frist, Jr. and possibly a descendant of sports legend Jimmy Sexton.

Below are January’s top 10 home sales in Nashville and the surrounding counties, ranked by sale price.

1. 1025 Tyne Blvd., Nashville 37220

Buyer: 1025 Tyne Boulevard Trust

Sale price: $6,125,000

Seller: Stephen Church, trustee of 8GCO Revocable Living Trust

Seller’s agent: Jessica Rosenblum, PARKS

Buyer’s agents: Laura Stroud and Lisa Fernandez, Wilson, French King Fine Properties

This new build in an old neighborhood on Tyne Boulevard sits on more than 2.5 acres. For just more than $6 million, the owners, who purchased this home via a trust, will enjoy solid cedar beams throughout the interior, a cook’s “dream islands” that can handle “any party,” and “timeless” exterior materials like brick, steel and arched windows. The main suite overlooks the property’s backyard, which is partially wooded. The suite has two toilets, heated floors and an in-suite study with a stone fireplace. It’s all in a cozy 8,100 square feet.

2. 1557 Sunset Road, Brentwood 37027

Buyer: Barnett 2020 Revocable Trust

Sale price: $5.5 million

Seller: Sipple Homes RB LLC

Seller’s agent: Mary A. Kocina, Fridrich & Clark Realty

Buyer’s agent: Tim Brantley, Compass Tennessee, LLC

Another new build, this home was the builder’s tour home. Sipple Homes created this 7,685-square-foot home with a custom curved staircase, grand foyer and entryway and a formal dining room with a walk-in wine room. In 2021, Bloomberg asked

whether courtyards can make a comeback. Sipple Homes’ build here has one, and they seem to be cropping up more and more — this one has a great room that opens right up into the courtyard. The primary suite on the main level has its own sitting room, coffee bar and matching wardrobe closets.

3. 9316 Edenwilde Drive, Brentwood 37027

Buyers: Thomas and Amy Doerfler

Sale price: $5,150,000

Seller: Mike Ford Custom Builders, LLC

Seller’s agent: Mary A. Kocina, Fridrich & Clark Realty

Buyers’ agent: Alex Helton, Helton Real Estate Group

Mike Ford Custom Builders currently seems to have a stranglehold on the highdollar market in Brentwood: We’ve seen their name on several new homes in the past few months, many on Edenwilde Drive.

Tommy Doerfler, senior executive vice president at Southwestern Investment Group and senior wealth adviser with Raymond James Financial Services, and his wife, Amy, closed on the 10,000-square-foot space in January. This new home boasts “classic English architecture” with six bedrooms, six full bathrooms, three half baths and a massive four-car garage. In addition to the plethora of bedrooms, this home comes with a mudroom, entertainment room, wine room and exercise room on its three floors. (Elevator? Got that.)

4. 4915 Sewanee Road, Nashville 37220

Buyer: Tas Revocable Trust

Sale price: $5.1 million

Seller: Stephen Church, trustee of 8GCO Revocable Living Trust

Seller’s agent: Jessica Rosenblum, PARKS

Buyer’s agent: Erin Krueger, Compass Tennessee, LLC

This modern build by McKenzie Construction and P.Shea Designs includes one feature rarely seen in Headline Homes: We’ve seen plenty of exercise rooms and indoor basketball courts, but this one has its own outdoor yoga studio with a roll-up garage door. There’s plenty of other features to bring out the most zen behaviors in us all: a quiet street with just five houses on it;

Located in the gated Troubadour Golf & Field Club, the owner of this cornerlot home will enjoy a view of the third hole from their backyard. As with many of the homes on the list in January, this 5,045-square-foot abode went from trust to trust. It’s unclear who’ll be soaking in the home’s heated saltwater pool or choosing from one of the home’s five bedrooms.

6. 508 Belle Meade Blvd., Nashville 37205

Buyers: Christopher A. Scales and Emerson Scales

Sale price: $3,987,500

Seller: Comer I. Aebersold, trustee William C. Ireland Jr. Revocable Trust

Seller’s agents: Richard G. Courtney and Lisa Peebles, Fridrich & Clark Realty

Buyers’ agent: Starling Davis, Fridrich & Clark Realty

“These walls can talk, and we should listen,” the listing for this Belle Meade home says. (And, no, that’s not pulled from the trailer of the new Jordan Peele movie.) This home is “steeped in Nashville business lore” as it was built for Dr. Thomas Frist, Jr., in 1972 right as his new company Hospital Corporation of America was formed. The home, which was also previously owned by the head of Vulcan Materials, was “designed with the most creative minds in architecture” and the “highest quality materials available” in 1972. While the materials have “withstood the test of time,” the listing goes on to say the decor could use a touch-up and that a new owner could benefit from extending “an invitation to an innovative renovation architect and contractor.” Burn.

7. 3612B Woodmont Blvd., Nashville 37215

Buyer: Stephen Bruce

Sale price: $3,775,000

Seller: Cal Max Properties, LP

Seller’s agent: Steven Myers, Fridrich & Clark Realty

Buyer’s agent: Carina Jolly, Zeitlin Sotheby’s International Realty

The buyer must’ve been motivated by the “shockingly low price” of this home in Woodmont Estates. The listing says the home’s seller wanted to move the home quickly, and a reduced price seemed to have done the trick. For $3,775,000, Stephen

Buyers’ agent: William (Jake) Griffin, VILLAGE

This more than 10,000-square-foot space was formerly owned by Ben Rechter, president of Rogers Group Investments Inc. and founder of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. The latest owners purchased the home in the gated Laurelbrooke neighborhood in Franklin after Florida Polmer Group LLC held brief ownership of the property. The home sits on nearly 1.5 private acres less than 10 miles from downtown Franklin. The house includes a recently redesigned primary bedroom wing that has its own luxury bath and office as well as five guest quarters.

9. 160 2nd Ave S., Nashville 37201

Buyer: James E. Sexton III, trustee of James E. Sexton, II, Revocable Living Trust

Sale price: $3.4 million

Seller: 151 Nashville Project LP

Seller’s agent: Unknown

Buyer’s agent: Allison (Ali) Noel, Compass RE

We’re not certain this home was bought by a descendent of Memphis-based sports agent Jimmy Sexton, but we’re not not certain either. This condo in the new Four Seasons building in downtown Nashville includes two bedrooms, two full bathrooms and one half bath and includes almost 2,400 square feet of living space.

10. 3603 Hampton Ave., Nashville 37215

Buyers: James William Jacobs and Elsa Jacobs

Sale price: $3,350,000

Sellers: Nathan Hysmith and Laura Hysmith

Sellers’ agent: Laura Cole, Benchmark Realty, LLC

Buyers’ agent: Buyers represented themselves Nathan Hysmith, owner of real-estate investment company HY Ventures, and his wife, Laura, sold this home to James William Jacobs and Elsa Jacobs, who work in real estate and tax compliance, respectively. Their new 5,500-square-foot home has two bedrooms, two full bathrooms and one half bath.

This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Post.

PHOTO BY ANGELINA CASTILLO

4915 Sewanee Road

TRISTAR CENTENNIAL NAMES CEO

TriStar Centennial Medical Center has named a new CEO. Tom Ozburn replaces Scott Cihack, who resigned in January, citing personal reasons.

Ozburn most recently served as president and CEO of Parkridge Health System in Chattanooga, a part of HCA Healthcare TriStar Division, according to a press release. He has held the role since 2017 and previously served as CEO of Tristar Southern Hills.

“Tom is a values-driven leader with an undeniable passion for serving patients, colleagues and his community,” said Mitch Edgeworth, president of HCA Healthcare TriStar Division. “Tom has extensive knowledge of the Middle Tennessee region and a track record of leading hospitals through unprecedented growth while remaining focused on individualized, patient-centered care. I am excited to

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welcome Tom back to the Nashville area in this new role within the TriStar family.”

In January, TriStar Skyline Medical Center named a new CEO, Mark Miller, who came from another HCA property in California. Last week TriStar public documents revealed that the organization is looking to build a freestanding emergency department in East Nashville. The facility would be considered a satellite facility of TriStar Skyline Medical Center.

TriStar Centennial is the flagship location for the local health arm of HCA Healthcare. Ozburn will also manage two satellite locations of Centennial: TriStar Ashland City Medical Center and TriStar Spring Hill emergency room.

COMMUNITY HEALTHCARE TRUST

CEO DIES

Community Healthcare Trust has announced the death of Timothy Wallace,

who served as CEO and president, as well as chairman of the board of the real estate investment trust. Wallace had served as president and CEO since the company was formed in 2014.

Before his time at Community Healthcare Trust, Wallace was co-founder, president and majority owner of Athena Funding Partners, a consulting group that focused on oncampus student housing for colleges in rural areas. Wallace was also a co-founder and executive vice president of Healthcare Realty Trust, another real estate investment trust.

Wallace, an alumnus of Western Kentucky University, started his career at Chicago-based Arthur Andersen in 1980, and also worked for accounting firm Ernst & Young.

“Tim’s guidance, leadership and business acumen will be greatly missed and his contributions to the growth of CHCT cannot be overstated,” said Alan Gardner,

lead independent director for Community Healthcare Trust. “On behalf of the entire company, I want to send our deepest condolences to the Wallace family.”

In February, Wallace announced he was taking a medical leave of absence, and the company appointed David Dupuy as interim CEO. Dupuy previously served as executive vice president and chief financial officer for the company. Succession plans are to be determined, according to a press release.

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Developer buys 20 properties near soccer stadium

BY WILLIAM WILLIAMS

Locally based development company MarketStreet Enterprises has finalized the purchase of multiple residential properties located near Geodis Park in South Nashville.

MarketStreet spent a collective $15.85 million on the 20 properties in four transactions, the most recent of which was completed this week and involved 16 properties for $12 million, according to a Davidson County Register of Deeds document.

The 20 properties are located between 2100 and 2220 Bransford Ave., with each accommodating a 1950s-era brick duplex home. Positioned between the soccer stadium and Bransford on the east side of the street, the properties cover a collective 4.3 acres.

MarketStreet officials, who are undertaking nearby a mixed-use project at Fairgrounds Nashville, declined to comment regarding the company’s specific plans for

the properties.

“We are thrilled to expand our investment in this great neighborhood and will be good stewards for these properties,” a MarketStreet spokesperson emailed the Post. “Right now, we are focused on introducing the residents to our management team and working on any needed repairs.”

Of note, and according to Metro documents, the seller of the duplexes at 2116-2118 was Bars Holdings LLC, which comprises local investor Brad Bars, CEO of Creative Investments, with Ryan Hooper (a local real estate investor) having sold the duplexes at 2120-2122 Bransford Ave.

The deals also included a single-family home at 511 Benton Ave., which was sold by Amy Wigger and Mark Wigger. The latter seemingly is a cardiologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

The sellers in the recent $12 million

transaction included the Wiggers and other individuals and trusts, according to Metro records.

As noted, construction continues on MarketStreet’s 445 Park Commons on a site located adjacent to Geodis Park at Fairgrounds Nashville.

A 2024 completion remains slated, with the project to carry a roughly $123 million price tag.

The six-story 445 Park Commons is being billed as the “largest privately developed mixed-use, mixed-income project in Nashville,” according to a release from 2022.

To sit at 445 Benton Ave., the building will offer 335 residences, with 120 units to be reserved for residents earning 60 percent or below the area median income and at least an additional 40 units dedicated to those earning 80 percent or below the area median income. In addition, 445 Park Commons

Berry Hill building listed for $5.35M

BY WILLIAM WILLIAMS

times the price for which it previously sold eight years ago.

With an address of 2603 Fessey Park Road and sited near a Goodwill outlet store, the 1.32-acre property offers a onestory modernist building home to, in part, Material Handling Services.

An LLC, details about which the Post was unable to determine, owns the property, having paid $811,000 for it in 2015, Metro records show.

Opened in 1974, the building offers 12,251 square feet and three drive-in doors.

The listing is the equivalent of about $437 per foot based on the building’s size.

For comparison, a newish 3,500-square-foot commercial building, also located in Berry Hill, was offered for sale for $2,595,000 in October. That price is the equivalent of about $741 per square foot based on the building’s size.

Also nearby, at 772 Greystone Road, a commercial property placed on the market in October 2021 remains for sale.

Near the Fessey Park Road property and on a site developed by Atlanta-based Brand Properties sits apartment complex 8th and Berry.

The ownership group has enlisted Ben Mosely (managing director, industrial

will offer 11,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial retail space, a 7,500-square-foot micro-business incubator space for “makers and artisans,” and a roughly 500-space parking garage.

MarketStreet — known for its development and holdings in The Gulch — previously noted two Fairgrounds Nashville sites are being eyed for phases two and three of Park Commons. Those properties are not related to the 20 properties that the company has now bought.

The properties sit within Metro Councilmember Colby Sledge’s District 17. This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Post.

services) and Christopher Gaw (vice president) of the local office of Chicagobased JLL to handle the marketing and sale of the property.

Marketing materials highlight the property’s proximity to Geodis Park and manageable access to I-65 and I-440. This story was first published by our sister publication Nashville Post.

A Berry Hill industrial property located near Interstate 65 has been listed for sale for $5.35 million — more than

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It was a festive evening at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s Rhythm and Roses on Thursday February 23 at Marathon Music Works. The event featured a live music performance by Boy Named Banjo and CFF’s signature “Bid for a Cure” led by auctioneer Robin Treadway.

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